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Jithesh T, James EK, Iannetta PPM, Howard B, Dickin E, Monaghan JM. Recent progress and potential future directions to enhance biological nitrogen fixation in faba bean ( Vicia faba L.). PLANT-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS (HOBOKEN, N.J.) 2024; 5:e10145. [PMID: 38779338 PMCID: PMC11109504 DOI: 10.1002/pei3.10145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2024] [Revised: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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The necessity for sustainable agricultural practices has propelled a renewed interest in legumes such as faba bean (Vicia faba L.) as agents to help deliver increased diversity to cropped systems and provide an organic source of nitrogen (N). However, the increased cultivation of faba beans has proven recalcitrant worldwide as a result of low yields. So, it is hoped that increased and more stable yields would improve the commercial success of the crop and so the likelihood of cultivation. Enhancing biological N fixation (BNF) in faba beans holds promise not only to enhance and stabilize yields but also to increase residual N available to subsequent cereal crops grown on the same field. In this review, we cover recent progress in enhancing BNF in faba beans. Specifically, rhizobial inoculation and the optimization of fertilizer input and cropping systems have received the greatest attention in the literature. We also suggest directions for future research on the subject. In the short term, modification of crop management practices such as fertilizer and biochar input may offer the benefits of enhanced BNF. In the long term, natural variation in rhizobial strains and faba bean genotypes can be harnessed. Strategies must be optimized on a local scale to realize the greatest benefits. Future research must measure the most useful parameters and consider the economic cost of strategies alongside the advantages of enhanced BNF.
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- Tamanna Jithesh
- Centre for Crop and Environmental ScienceHarper Adams UniversityEdgmond, ShropshireUK
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- The James Hutton InstituteDundeeUK
- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina (CBFQ), Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de BiotecnologiaPortoPortugal
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- Processors and Growers Research OrganisationPeterboroughUK
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- Centre for Crop and Environmental ScienceHarper Adams UniversityEdgmond, ShropshireUK
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- Centre for Crop and Environmental ScienceHarper Adams UniversityEdgmond, ShropshireUK
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Kumar G, Perera D, Sudheer KP, Zhang P, Dhital S. Leaching of Phytochemicals from Beans during Hydration, Kinetics, and Modeling. Foods 2024; 13:354. [PMID: 38275721 PMCID: PMC10815358 DOI: 10.3390/foods13020354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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In the current era, there is a growing emphasis on the circular economy and the valorization of waste products. Bean processing industries generate substantial nutrient-rich waste laden with valuable phytochemicals. Understanding the leaching patterns and kinetics of major phytochemicals is key to designing better processes leading to increased sustainability. This review investigates phytochemical leaching mechanisms and kinetic modeling methods. Firstly we lay the foundation with a broad theoretical framework, and later deal with kinetic modeling approaches and promising areas for future research. Currently, the composition of industrial-scale bean wastewater remains undocumented in the open literature. Nonetheless, drawing from existing studies and general bean composition knowledge, we proposed a multi-phase leaching process. We hypothesize three distinct phases: initial leaching of phytochemicals from the outer seed coat, followed by a second phase involving polysaccharides, and concluding with a third phase wherein phenolic acids within the cotyledons leach into the hydration water. This review aims to shed light on the complex process of phytochemical leaching from common beans during hydration. By combining theoretical insights and practical modeling strategies, this work seeks to enhance our understanding of this phenomenon and ultimately contribute to the optimization of food processing methods with reduced environmental impact.
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- Gaurav Kumar
- Bioresource Processing Research Institute of Australia (BioPRIA), Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; (G.K.); (D.P.)
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- Bioresource Processing Research Institute of Australia (BioPRIA), Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; (G.K.); (D.P.)
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- School of Agriculture & Food, Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia;
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- Bioresource Processing Research Institute of Australia (BioPRIA), Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; (G.K.); (D.P.)
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Mesfin S, Gebresamuel G, Haile M, Zenebe A. Potentials of legumes rotation on yield and nitrogen uptake of subsequent wheat crop in northern Ethiopia. Heliyon 2023; 9:e16126. [PMID: 37292361 PMCID: PMC10245104 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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Nitrogen has becoming the most limiting nutrient in the northern highlands of Ethiopia due to continuous cropping with application of limited external inputs. To improve soil nutrient availability, farmers have been using legumes in crop rotation. However, the roles of various legumes on subsequent wheat (Triticum aestivum) crop are unknown in northern Ethiopia. The objective of this study was to investigate impacts of legumes on yield and N uptake of subsequent wheat crop. Experiment was conducted at farmer's field with faba bean (Vicia faba L.), 'dekeko' field pea (Pisum sativum var. abyssinicum), field pea (Pisum sativum), lentil (Lens culinaris) and wheat (Triticum spp.) in the first season and all plots were rotated by wheat in the second season. Yield of subsequent wheat crop was recorded and N uptake was analyzed. The result revealed that grain yield and dry biomass yields of subsequent wheat crop were significantly (p < 0.05) higher in the legume-wheat rotations than in the wheat-wheat rotation. The wheat yield is increased by 2196, 1616, 1254 and 1065 kg ha-1 and the N uptake is increased by 71.4%, 51.0%, 49.2% and 29.8% in the faba bean-wheat, 'dekeko'-wheat, field pea-wheat and lentil-wheat rotation plots compared to the wheat continuous cropping, respectively. The findings indicated that legumes improved yield and N uptake of the subsequent wheat crop. Thus, soil fertility management policy need to consider legume crop rotations as nutrient management option to improve sustainable soil fertility and yield.
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- Shimbahri Mesfin
- Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
- Institute of Climate and Society, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
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- Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
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- Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
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- Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
- Institute of Climate and Society, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
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Augustin M, Cole M. Towards a sustainable food system by design using faba bean protein as an example. Trends Food Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2022.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Gessesew WS, Elias E, Gebresamuel G, Tefera W. Soil type and fertilizer rate affect wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) yield, quality and nutrient use efficiency in Ayiba, northern Ethiopia. PeerJ 2022; 10:e13344. [PMID: 35573173 PMCID: PMC9097669 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The blanket NP fertilizer recommendation over the past five decades in Ethiopia did not result in a significant increment of crop productivity. The main lack of success was highly linked to the extrapolating approach of one site success to others without considering the climate, soil, and ecological setting and variations. As a result, a new fertilization approach was desperately needed, and with this premise, new blended fertilizers are now being introduced to replace the conventional approach. Thus, the objective of this study was to examine the effect of NPSZnB blended fertilizer on bread wheat yield attributes, quality traits and use efficiency in two different soil types under rain-fed conditions in Ayiba, northern Ethiopia. Relevant agronomic data were evaluated and recorded from plots of each soil types for analysis. The analysis of variance revealed a significant (p < 0.001) variation on all the agronomic and grain quality traits due to the main and interaction effects of soil type and fertilizer treatment factors. Most agronomic and quality characteristics recorded the highest result in the highest treatment applications (175 and 150 kg NPSZnB ha-1) in both soils. Yield and grain quality traits of bread wheat was also found better under fertilized plots than unfertilized plots. In both soil types increasing application of the new blended fertilizer rate from 50-175 kg NPSZnB ha-1 showed an increasing trend in grain yield from 1.6 to 4.3 and 2.5 to 5.4 t ha-1 in Vertisol and Cambisol soils, respectively. The varied yield as a response of fertilizer treatments across soils signifies soil-specific fertilization approach is critically important for production increment. On the other hand, based on the partial budget analysis the highest net benefit with the highest marginal rate of return in both Vertisol and Cambisol soils were obtained when treated with 100 and 125 kg NPSZnB ha-1, respectively. Therefore, to produce optimum bread wheat yield under rainfed conditions in Ayiba (northern Ethiopia) fertilizing Vertisols with 100 kg NPSZnB ha-1 and fertilizing Cambisols with 125 kg NPSZnB ha-1 is recommended.
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- Weldemariam S. Gessesew
- Department of Horticulture, Salale University, Fiche, Oromia, Ethiopia,Center for Environmental Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Center for Environmental Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Land Resources Management and Environmental Protection, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia
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- Department of Plant Science, Salale University, Fiche, Oromia, Ethiopia
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Hei Z, Xiang H, Zhang J, Liang K, Ren X, Sun Y, Wu R. Water mimosa (Neptunia oleracea Lour.) can fix and transfer nitrogen to rice in their intercropping system. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2022; 102:156-166. [PMID: 34080187 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.11342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Revised: 05/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cereal-legume intercropping systems are an environmentally friendly practice in sustainable agriculture. However, research on the interspecific interaction of nitrogen (N) between rice and aquatic legumes has rarely been undertaken. To address this issue, a pot experiment was conducted to investigate N utilization and the N interaction between rice and water mimosa (Neptunia oleracea Lour.) in an intercropping system. The root barrier patterns consisted of solid barrier (SB), mesh barrier (MB), and no barrier (NB) treatments. The N fertilizer application rates were low, medium, and high N rates. RESULTS The results showed that the NB treatment better facilitated rice growth compared with the MB and SB treatments. And the nitrate N content and urease activity of rice rhizospheric soil in the NB treatment were the highest of the three separated patterns. The ammonium N content in water mimosa rhizospheric soil and N2 fixation of water mimosa ranked as NB > MB > SB. CONCLUSIONS The amount of N fixation by water mimosa was 4.38-13.64 mg/pot, and the N transfer from water mimosa to rice was 3.97-9.54 mg/pot. This can promote the growth of rice and reduce the application of N fertilizer. We suggest that the rice-water mimosa intercropping system is a sustainable ecological farming approach and can be applied in the field to facilitate rice production. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Zewen Hei
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Ecology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Ecology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Modern Eco-agriculture and Circular Agriculture, Guangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Ecology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Modern Eco-agriculture and Circular Agriculture, Guangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment in the Tropics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- The Rice Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Key Laboratory of New Technology for Rice Breeding, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Circular Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Ecology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Ecology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Ecology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Mesfin S, Haile M, Gebresamuel G, Zenebe A, Gebre A. Establishment and validation of site specific fertilizer recommendation for increased barley ( Hordeum spp.) yield, northern Ethiopia. Heliyon 2021; 7:e07758. [PMID: 34485723 PMCID: PMC8391060 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Establishing model based balanced nutrient requirements for barley (Hordeum spp.) in the northern Ethiopia can solve the fertilizer recommendation problems and enhance crop yield. The Quantitative Evaluation of Fertility of Tropical Soils (QUEFTS) model was used to estimate balanced nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) requirements for barley production in Alaje, northern Ethiopia. The objectives were to (i) quantify soil N, P and K supply and recommend fertilizers using QUEFTS model; (ii) investigate response of QUEFTS fertilizer application on yield and nutrient uptake and (iii) validate QUEFTS model performance. The experiment had four treatments: (T1) model based fertilization; (T2) blended fertilization; (T3) farmers’ fertilization practices and (T4) control/no fertilizer. Soil information of the experimental plots were analyzed and used as model input to estimate soil nutrient supplies and recommend fertilizer. Yield and agronomic data were recorded and nutrient uptake and use efficiencies were analyzed. Model performance and accuracy were also checked using root mean square error, coefficient of determination, index of agreement and percent bias. The result revealed that the N, P and K soil supply ratio in the field experimental plots were 9:1:6. The higher grain yield of 4747 kg ha−1 was recorded in the QUEFTS based fertilization plots. Validation results indicated that there is a good correlation between the QUEFTS predicted and observed grain yields implying that the QUEFTS model can be a base for development of simple and cost-effective decision support tools for nutrient management and fertilizer recommendations. Thus, the model performance and prediction accuracy is promising and can help farmers to adjust fertilizer application rates based on crop requirements.
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- Shimbahri Mesfin
- Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.,Institute of Climate and Society, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
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- Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
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- Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
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- Land Resource Management and Environmental Protection, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.,Institute of Climate and Society, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
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- Soil Resource and Watershed Management, Aksum University, Shire, Ethiopia
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Guiguitant J, Vile D, Marrou H. Trait Diversity of Pulse Species Predicts Agroecosystem Properties Trade-Offs. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:636915. [PMID: 33868335 PMCID: PMC8044420 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.636915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Crop diversity management in agriculture is a fundamental principle of agroecology and a powerful way to promote resilient and sustainable production systems. Pulses are especially relevant for diversification issues. Yet, the specific diversity of legumes is poorly represented in most cropping systems. We used the trait-based approach to quantify the functional diversity of 30 pulses varieties, belonging to 10 species, grown under common field conditions. Our aim was to test relationships between traits, yield, and supporting agroecosystem properties. Our experimental results highlighted trade-offs between agroecosystem properties supported by different combinations of traits. Also, results demonstrated the relevance of leaf nitrogen content (LNC), leaf area ratio (LAR), and reproductive phenology to predict most of the trade-offs observed between agroecosystem properties. A comparison with a previous analysis based on literature data collected in diverse agronomic situations suggested that some traits are more plastic than others and therefore contribute differently to frame legumes diversity depending on the conditions of observation. Present results suggested that the implementation of such trait-based approach would rapidly benefit the selection of species/varieties for specific targeted agroecosystem services provisioning under specific (environmental or management) conditions.
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- Julie Guiguitant
- SYSTEM, Montpellier SupAgro, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier, CIHEAM, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- LEPSE, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- LEPSE, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- African Integrated Plant and Soil Research Group (AiPlaS), AgroBioSciences, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir, Morocco
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